Christmas is long over and only now I have the time to put this up.
Taught the kids to handmade some Christmas cards for sale. Initially, the idea was just to teach the kids to make greeting cards. Saw that the outcome was good and thus sparked the idea of making handmade cards for sale.
It was fun making the cards. So much fun that we invited the girls' friends over to join in the cards making 'workshop'. We made a snowman advent calendar too! All the kids had fun and I was told that some of them sold their cards too.
All in, we made 60 cards of different designs. The girls went around shopping malls to sell their wares. Each card were priced at RM3. Was told that the selling price was too low. In actual, they were. The material cost was already more than that. But it is ok. Our intention was not to make profit, but to let the kids to learn speaking up, buying / selling as well as change.
People were generally very responsive and supportive. Perhaps they just couldn't say no to two cute little girls who timidly approach them. Some took out their wallets even before the girls reached their tables. Others were confused when being approached by two girls who looked alike (twins). All 60 cards were sold in less than an hour. All money from the sale was donated to Trinity Children Home in Petaling Jaya. Mommy got to fork out the money for the materials though. Anyway, it was good that the kids get to do something for the less fortunate even though it was just a small contribution.
We will be doing this again in the years to come.
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